THE FREE sewing machine
 

Got this little beauty last spring.. Saw it in my brother in laws antique store and had to have it! Has a patent date of 1913, beautiful and unusual cabinet in GREAT condition and runs so quietly. Had to only buy a new belt..when top is raised the machine comes up! (Maybe they all do that but it really impressed me). Especially love the beautiful case which only needed a little paste wax to bring it back to its original beauty( my husband did that for me). Would love to know more about it if anyone has some info to pass on. Thanks in advance.

I think you did well. The machine and cabinet both seem to be in excellent shape. Can you also post a picture of the cabinet closed please? I like the old enclosed parlor cabinets.
Rodney

What a wonderful looking machine and cabinet! I really like it.

That's a real beauty and a great find!

That is a beauty!

Beautiful!!!!!!!

A beauty of a find! Maybe some of the machine gurus will chime and and give you info~ :)

that is one of the nicer one's I have seen here! Congrats!

Probably not a whole lot of information to pass along on this machine. It was made by Free/Westinghouse and it takes the same shuttle/bobbin and needles as the Singer does. It's such a copy that the shuttle plates are the same as the Singer 27/127 also.

it take the top clamp attachment set -easiest way to find one is to look for a set with the long shirring/underbairder plates that have the 1/4 circle cutout at the top, that only goes a short way across. New Home has a similar style, but their plates are significantly narrower than the one that fits the Free (and usually say "New Home" on them too) so the 1/4 circle extends about half way across the plate.

I love your cabinet - mine is not near as neat - but does have the same basic style - in that the treadle is the actual support for the cabinet, and the wood is just an outer covering.

Here is mine. I don't have the cabinet in the house though.



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Mine is referred to as a "Long Bobbin Rotary" , which I figure was a marketing ploy to catch those wanting a "rotary" without having a clue what it really was. I have a manual that came with the machine. It has no dates, but says it covers the C, CE and E heads. The drawings show a machine with decals like yours.

THE FREE. Closed cabinet
 

heres the cabinet closed before my husband cleaned it up. There's one little missing piece of trim but he carved one and attached it to the top right corner.